"Centers for Research in Applied Economics"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index
Strategies to combat poverty in Latin America / Dagmar Raczynski -- Devising new approaches to poverty in Argentina / Roberto Martínez Nogueira -- Involving civil society, Brazil / Sonia Miriam Draibe and Marta Teresa S. Arretche -- Costa Rica, the state's response to poverty / Juan Diego Trejos -- Programs, institutions and resources, Chile / Dagmar Raczynski -- Index
"Provides individual case studies of poverty programs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Costa Rica. Documents shift in anti-poverty strategies from 'universal' programs, such as general subsidies and price controls, to targeted programs where government spending is channeled to poorest sectors"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57